Blam…..Blam….Blam…Blam, blam, blam, blam, blam, blam….(and on and on…). That’s the sound of a hunter on the last weekend of elk season, frustrated because he hasn’t yet made a kill. We heard it all afternoon and although it was annoying, it was nice to know that no elk died at the hands of this particular bozo.

He must have shot off 500+ rounds—one right after another—sometimes 3 or 4 per second, just trying to use up all the shells he bought for the season. Never taking time to aim at even a bottle of a paper target, this was the antithesis of the mythical “ethical hunter” who wouldn’t dream of pulling the trigger unless an animal’s kill zone was in his sights. No, this was just the regular ol’ standard American hunter.

The funny this is, despite all the noise he was making, he was probably wearing camo so the elk wouldn’t see him.